ferrenho
/fɨ.ˈRɐj.ɲu/
The verdict
“ferrenho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,930 among 853 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 853
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - parecido com o ferro na cor ou na dureza
Corpus desk
Index PT-ferrenho · ferrenho · Portuguese
ferrenho · rank #57,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,930
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 853
- PHOTO-FINISH filologia
Nearest frequency peer: filologia (+4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “ferrenho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- escama
escama
42,088 corpus weight
- esguio
esguio
42,087 corpus weight
- ferrenho
ferrenho
42,071 corpus weight
- filologia
filologia
42,067 corpus weight
- fresta
fresta
42,057 corpus weight
- garrote
garrote
42,051 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “ferrenho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ferrenho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /fɨ.ˈRɐj.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “ferrenho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
ferrenho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,930 among 853 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /fɨ.ˈRɐj.ɲu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ferrenho, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is ferrenho, spelled F-E-R-R-E-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1parecido com o ferro na cor ou na dureza
- 2férreo, intransigente, rígido
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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